Chapter 386: Checking In
The three days it took to get to the capital were spent in fun conversations as well as games.
Max quickly learned that Tanila could defeat most of them in strategy games unless Bob helped him cheat.
Cordellia was talented at using her imagination and creating stories to entertain, while Fowl simply passed gas that could almost kill someone.
As Nalgrun began to come into view, Max got his first real look at the famed dwarven capital.
Giant mountains that seemed to rise up into the clouds appeared on the second day of their trip, and as they were only a few hours out now, his mind struggled to comprehend what he had been told about but now saw.
Carved into the stone was a city that rose up the giant earth formation.
Buildings and roads had been cut into the mountain, creating places for people to live, and a whole underground area had also been built into it. The outer edges of the capital started at the mountain’s base, where a waterfall far to the east had been diverted to water the land at its feet.
Large fields of grains, fruit trees, animals, and more seemed to be set in perfect patterns and well-maintained. Even with the changing of the seasons, there were dwarves everywhere, working and taking care of them.
“How many of you are there?”